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= Advancement in Nuclear Power Generation=  
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After the terrorist attacks on WTC in Ney York City in 2001, security regulations have increased. Transportation is increasingly confronted with new measures to provide safe and secure transportation of goods. Port security refers to the defense, law and treaty enforcement, and counterterrorism activities that fall within the port and maritime domain. It includes the protection of the seaports themselves, the protection and inspection of the cargo moving through the ports, and maritime security.
Nuclear power is mostly generated by fission of uranium, plutonium or thorium. Today most power is mainly generated via uranium, which is considerably rare in earth. Thorium is seen as the next generation fission fuel as there are vast thorium reserves on earth (67% of entire reserves are in India). The basic energy fact is that the fission of an atom of uranium produces 10 million times the energy produced by the combustion of an atom of carbon from coal. Present reactors that use only the U-235 in natural uranium are very likely good for some hundreds of years. With breeder reactors, we can have plenty of energy for some billions of year.<br><br>
Internationally, port security is governed by rules issued by the International Maritime Organization and its 2002 International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. Additionally, some U.S.-based programs have become de facto global port security programs, including the Container Security Initiative and the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism.
Some major research and development is underway to generate power by controlling fusion of hydrogen into helium. However a successful implementation of nuclear fusion to generate power would take a considerable time.<br><br>


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Revision as of 17:54, 31 August 2010

Description

Nuclear power is mostly generated by fission of uranium, plutonium or thorium. Today most power is mainly generated via uranium, which is considerably rare in earth. Thorium is seen as the next generation fission fuel as there are vast thorium reserves on earth (67% of entire reserves are in India). The basic energy fact is that the fission of an atom of uranium produces 10 million times the energy produced by the combustion of an atom of carbon from coal. Present reactors that use only the U-235 in natural uranium are very likely good for some hundreds of years. With breeder reactors, we can have plenty of energy for some billions of year.

Some major research and development is underway to generate power by controlling fusion of hydrogen into helium. However a successful implementation of nuclear fusion to generate power would take a considerable time.

Enablers:

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Inhibitors:

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Paradigms:

Security is becoming a major influence on the way international flow of goods and services is realised. The ability to meet regulatory demands and standards regarding (port)security is crucial is the ability to grow international trade

Experts:

1. 2.

Timing:

The timing started after 9/11/2001. Security regulation has been rolled out since and is forcing all fields of international transportation to commit to complex

Web Resources

1. The Future of Nuclear Power
2. Future of Nuclear Power
3. The Nuclear Option
4. Nuclear Energy
5. Is nuclear power the future? Obama calls for more plants
6. World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements
7. Video Thorium Energy Futue
8. http://www.thoriumenergyalliance.com/

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